Don't make trouble, let's build infrastructure!

"Don't come that close to me."

Tong Ran muttered and stepped out of the dormitory quickly, but was held back by Chu Jun again.

"Let's go together." Chu Jun lowered his head and whispered in his ear.

Tong Ran's ears turned red in an instant, Chu Jun's deep voice was in his mind, and he even forgot the rule that courtiers are not allowed to enter the palace with the king on such occasions.

Under the wide sleeves, Chu Jun took Tong Ran's hand and led him to the front hall.

Above the main hall, Ren Jin rushed over and sat in his seat under the guidance of the servant.

"Why hasn't Your Majesty come yet?" He stretched his neck and asked Yan Liang who was sitting next to him.

"I don't know." Yan Liang said, with a cold face as usual, just like the King of Hades.

Recently, the minister of Honglu Temple, who was quite close to Ren Jin, came over and said: "I heard from the little servant outside that the atmosphere in the Xuanshi Hall has been weird today. Your Majesty seems to be in a bad mood. The people in the Xuanshi Hall They're all a little nervous."

"Not in a good mood?" Ren Jin frowned. Tong Ran lived in the side hall of the Xuanshi Palace, and he seemed to be normal.Could it be that he went to the appointment early this morning because he saw that His Majesty was in a bad mood, so he came out to avoid suspicion?

I don't know if His Majesty's mood improved when he went back. Judging from the current situation, it doesn't look like he has improved.

I don't know if Tong Ran was embarrassed after returning home.Ren Jin sweated for his colleagues.

"Then there is an extra vice seat, I don't know who it is for." Honglusi said again.

"Ask Guanglu Temple, it's under their control." Ren Jin said.

"He said he didn't know." Yan Liang interjected, the "he" in his mouth obviously referred to the Minister of Guanglu Temple, "Your Majesty's order."

"Your Majesty's mind is hard to guess." Ren Jin said, while no one was paying attention, he ate a grape on the table.

The officials in the palace basically noticed this detail. According to the practice of this dynasty, if there is a vice-chair next to your majesty at such a banquet, it should be for the empress. If there is no empress, it should be for the high-ranking concubine in charge of the sixth palace.

The problem now is that His Majesty has no queen, no harem, not even a woman by his side.

If this line of thinking doesn't work, some people think about the ministers.But soon someone jumped out to retort, the vice chair was next to His Majesty, if it wasn't the person His Majesty liked, why did he stick so close?

"That's right, who wants to get so close to a stinky man!" said the rugged right servant of the Ministry of War.

Before he finished speaking, the servants outside the hall sang loudly: "Your Majesty is here! Marquis Hui is here—!"

When the people in the hall heard the former, they immediately got up and left the table, ready to salute, but when they heard the latter name, they all paused obviously.The right servant of the Ministry of War subconsciously looked back.

Chu Jun walked into the hall first, Tong Ran was half a step behind him, and the two held hands tightly under the cover of wide sleeves.Because of nervousness, a thin layer of sweat broke out on Tong Ran's hand, and he almost slipped out of Chu Jun's hand while walking, but he grabbed it again.

The right servant of the Ministry of War was not the only one who subconsciously looked at it, Ren Jin also took a look, but he was worried about Tong Ran.

Tong Ran was half a step behind Chu Jun, and the clothes on his body had already been changed. He was wearing a robe of the corresponding grade of a marquis. The embroidered text on it was the same as that of other marquises, but the cloth was a tribute to anyone with a discerning eye. Strictly speaking It's over the limit, but...

His Majesty next to him didn't say anything, and of course no one in the hall would be so blank.

After entering the hall, Chu Jun did not let go of Tong Ran's hand, and led him through the greetings of the courtiers on both sides, the palms of the hands were faintly visible under the wide sleeves.

"Everyone is flat." Chu Jun stood on the imperial steps, turned around and raised his arms.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the officials in the hall said in unison, bowed their heads and looked up, only to see Tong Ran standing on the vice seat, and then sitting down with Chu Jun at the same time, shoulder to shoulder, very close.

This... what's the situation?

Ren Jin, who had only met Tong Ran during the day, was at a loss for a while, and returned to his seat a little too late.

The others also had puzzled looks on their faces, just like him.

Many people went to see Qiu Mian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, but this person looked as usual, as if he hadn't seen His Majesty's unethical arrangements.Immediately, these people naturally went to see Uncle Fu Lin, but they couldn't find it after searching around.

"Uncle Guo is not feeling well today, and I have asked someone to visit." Just when they were puzzled, Chu Jun spoke lightly, and his voice was clearly transmitted to every corner of the hall, "Let's have a banquet."

Su Jin clapped his hands three times in response, the dishes were served from the hall like flowing water, the music played, and the dancers danced to the music, creating a lively scene.

"Master Tong, no, why is Marquis Hui sitting there?" Honglu Temple Minister followed Ren Jin in a low voice.

Ren Jin glanced at the Honglu Temple Minister who suddenly sat next to him, and said angrily, "How do I know? Guanglu Temple doesn't even know."

"My lord, did you see it just now?" Qiu Le, who has been promoted to be the minister of the Ministry of Industry, stepped forward and said, "His Majesty and Mr. Tong seem to be... holding hands." Qiu Le's words were stuttering, It seems to be afraid of being heard by others.

"What nonsense?" Ren Jin glared at him. The grapes he had just eaten almost got stuck, and he coughed several times before calling out, "What is Your Majesty holding his hand for?"

"Whose hand did Your Majesty hold?" Ren Jin's voice was a little louder, and the minister of Honglu Temple came up to him again.

"Could it be yours?" Ren Jin gave him a white look, patted his chest, and almost choked to death.

On the imperial steps, Tong Ran mumbled in a low voice, relying on the fact that there was no one around, "You didn't tell me in advance, it's so uncomfortable to sit on it."

"I told you in advance, are you still coming up with me?" Chu Jun said, and poured Tong Ran the wine himself.

Tong Ran picked up the wine glass, glanced at him and said, "If you want to, it's not impossible. It's pitiful to sit on it alone."

Chu Jun paused with the hand holding the wine glass: "What did you say?"

"It's nothing." Tong Ran drank, her wide sleeves covering most of her face.

Chu Jun also drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. The wine slid down the esophagus, bringing a spicy taste, but he only felt warm, even if it was cold, he also felt warm with Tong Ran's words.

"Stay with me from now on?" Chu Jun took Tong Ran's hand under the table.

"I..." Tong Ran originally wanted to say no, but remembering the promise he made on his own initiative yesterday, he finally replied with red ears, "Okay."

Tong Ran didn't look at him when he spoke, but Chu Jun heard him, and he saw Tong Ran's red earlobes out of the corner of his eye.

He didn't look at Tong Ran either, he just ate the food Su Jin picked up by himself, and squeezed Tong Ran's with his hand under the table, holding on to it.

"Let me go." Tong Ran struggled.

Chu Jun grabbed him with his left hand, but he was grabbed with his right hand, and he couldn't even eat.

"I'll feed you." Chu Jun smiled.

"Get lost." Tong Ran unceremoniously withdrew her hand, and ate with a flushed face.

"What did Master Tong just say?" Not far from the imperial steps, Ren Jin and the Minister of Honglu Temple were whispering.

"Looking at the shape of the mouth, it looks like... get lost." The minister of Honglu Temple was not sure.

"This is what Xiaguan saw." Qiu Le also came up.Anyway, after the banquet started, many people ran around, and they would not attract attention when they were together.Those rough guys in the Ministry of War are all punching wine, that's called noisy.

"This is impossible, Your Majesty is not angry?" Ren Jin was surprised.

The three of them looked up at Chu Jun on the imperial steps at the same time, and saw that not only was he not angry, but the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned when he lowered his head to eat, showing that he was in a very good mood.

"Have you ever seen His Majesty look like this?" Ren Jin asked the Minister of Honglu Temple.

"No." Honglu Temple Minister shook his head.

"Me neither." Qiu Le said.

Not only did Tong Ran become the vice chair, but he didn't respond when he was scolded.Your Majesty has been lowered?Ren Jin couldn't help being suspicious.

"It's so rare!" The right servant of the Ministry of War came over at some point, reeking of alcohol, and slapped Ren Jin's right shoulder hard, "Your Majesty has his own heart, just like your wife is strict with you. Your wife told you to go away!" Do you dare to speak?"

"I..." Ren Jin was about to retort, but thinking about his wife, he had no confidence at all.

"My lord, what do you mean..." Qiu Le grasped another meaning in the words of the right servant of the Ministry of War. Perhaps because of the alcohol, he couldn't speak more clearly.

"Right." The right servant of the Ministry of War took another sip of wine and said, "Your Majesty and Marquis Hui, yes."

Qiu Le's mouth could almost stuff an egg, and he couldn't close it for a long time.

How can this be?

"No wonder your Majesty doesn't set up an empress and accept the harem. It turns out that it is..." After all, Honglu Temple is in charge of diplomacy. He has seen a lot of people and things, so he quickly realized it.

"Ah!" Ren Jin suddenly slapped his thigh, "No wonder."

"What's the reason?" Honglu Temple asked.

Ren Jin restrained his tone and said: "On the day Mr. Tong came back, I went to pick him up. At that time, the palace gate had already been unlocked, but he didn't encounter any obstacles and came in directly."

"Your Majesty Ren means that Your Majesty and Lord Tong have..." The Minister of Honglu Temple dragged his tone.

"That's right," Qiu Le recalled another past incident, and blurted out, "Last year when Master Tong was building a train in Beijing, His Majesty suddenly came one day and even barbecued with us. I have always wondered why His Majesty came. That's right."

"So early? Civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty are completely unaware?" Ren Jin was stunned.

"It's you who are unconscious." Yan Liang who was not far away suddenly said coldly.

"You already knew?" Ren Jin was surprised.

"There are some speculations." Yan Liang said, not saying anything dead, "Uncle Guo's future is due to this reason." He reminded, and continued to drink on his own.

Ren Jin seemed to have glimpsed some secret again, and his brain couldn't turn around for a while, and he digested it for a long time.

On the imperial steps, Su Jin brought a new wine, Chu Jun took a sip, and handed the quilt directly to Tong Ran: "You have a taste."

Tong Ran took it, and without hesitation drank it down where Chu Jun drank.

"Drink with a cup!" Xiatou Ren Jin said.

"Just now, His Majesty personally picked up the food and poured the wine." Honglu Temple Minister added.

"Then when they came in just now, they were indeed holding hands." Qiu Le said.

The three of them suddenly looked at each other, and a sense of sourness welled up in their hearts—their daughter-in-law was still at the banquet hosted by Princess Yu in the harem, how could His Majesty bring his wife here?unfair!Very unfair!

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